promise that he would arm the rebels, that he would make that happen? as you know that s been a big issue. as you know not one weapon has been from the united states been put in the hands of the rebels. we discussed, in the discussion about increasing the capabilities and that means providing them not only weapons but the kind of weapons they need, anti-armor and anti-air. ak-47s don t do very well against tanks, so we discussed that and that that would be a course of action that the president would seriously consider i guess is the best way to describe it. seriously consider. in terms of timing i think favorablebally. why get out in front of the u.n., why get out in front of nato? why not wait for the reports to come in on the intelligence to get some momentum behind this plan? because neither organization is going to act. to start with, so you d be
newsra front, a branch of al qaeda in iraq. prosecutors say he served with the u.s. army from 2000 to 2003. he allegedly crossed into syria in january of this year. and fought with the elnusra front. he is now being charged with attacks on americans. it s one of the best armed and efficient fighting groups among the syrian opposition. but also has been designated by the u.s. a terrorist organization mostly for its fighting if iraq against american troops. harroun whose facebook page also shows him with weapons, allegedly was part of an rpg team carrying anti-personnel and anti-armor rockets. on march 12th he told the fbi, however, he hated al qaeda, did not know fi al qaeda members. and would fight any regime if it imposed sharia law if syria.
town, was walking around, was talking to people again with his very small security detail. and got a great reception. people were waving american flags, a small girl came up, gave him a bracelet. when word got out he was in town, more american flags came out, people started writing signs in english saying thank you, president obama, thank you to the people of the land of the brave and the free. and then he gave a press conference not very long ago, again, in the hotel, where i am right now. and was basically saying that the rebels need a lot more support, that the united states should help get them weapons to topple and push out the soviets, facilitate the rebels the rebels getting weapons and including anti-armor and much more significant kind of firepower than they have right now. it is very interesting, also the timing because this is part of what john mccain was saying to you and the other reporters